ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13486242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

McDonough, Georgia

Mean one-way trip32.5 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.8 min → 32.5 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 11.9%▲ 2.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.4% → 0.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 78.3%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.3% ±3.4 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 15,394 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,947± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+15,394± 896 MOE
Workers with travel time13,562± 914 MOE
Estimated home workers1,832± 510 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.